Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 3: 81-85 (2003)
Replacing Fish Meal with Poultry By-Product Meal in Practical Diets for Mirror Carp (Cyprinus carpio) Fingerlings Yılmaz Emre1,*, Hüseyin Sevgili1, øbrahim Diler1 1
Kepez Aquaculture Center, P.O. Box 190, 07001 Antalya, Turkey
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Received 02 July 2003 Accepted 16 March 2004
Abstract Four isocaloric and isonitrogenous rations containing various levels (0% or control), 33%, 67% and 100% of fish meal) of poultry by-product meal (PBM) were fed to three replicate groups of mirror carp (Cyprinus carpio) fingerlings with a mean initial weight of 15.40±0.03 g. 50 fish per tank were tested for 10 weeks in 500 l fibreglass tanks. Average weight gain of carp fingerlings fed the control were significantly (P
